Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-12
n,,1, NYps RAILWAY PASS
IN Returning the bias'eo
|ihcs ,rto the Genial GiVer'

v,,nsox. WIS, March 30, 1887.
IT, Es0., General Passenger
r " 3,cbison. topeka IND Santa re
D. ~ rR-I inclOse herewith ahnuaI
DEAAn n Gas Tor self aud family over
as' ~" 's,v celebrated road dur'ng tne
oul ,sS- | also return your pnOSo9rapn
ca he letters you nave writte" me -
gu ,hn nsst five years. III on H ,o';
.n' mines And sotbis Driel anu peau-
1"I experience is to emu anu e"oN VI
" rt 90 his own way hefea''e''
Alas tris NAV be easy, but it brings
10 70" 20 NV heart which yaur gentle
uaus March cannot wholly alleviate.
e, ,,t, ~ var hereafter. you look upon
Npeeamr.sneekled pass will you rot THINK
I s remember mat you nave cast me
lne. on and that am wandering across
on nIosk and wind.swept plains sadly
le u,orst,ng the ties on my way 10 eIer-
&y. ,,;, On ranroach you. for
Nv ~ mi care for another, ana 80 we
,r5 not he happy again together. put
'G'u Nv" ,,,,, nause TO fully comprehend the
u" cnsts me to reruru this pleasant
Su 1;,tle mass with its conditions on the
Ss could YOU see M eVeh}ho", as
80 those Ines, turning away ever ana
nar LAYING aside my tremDiihg pen W
r. and sit hy the graie ana snduueI anu
Il, een and put out the nre win my oilteI
49,. your heart would soften ana you
would say: Return - "an"eiei' re-
turni" rr ,a+tor thar
~ noon false to YOU or that L have ever
s,U,n cold. You do not charge me with
Rnfdelitv or failure TO provide. You SIM
uin sov mat it would he better for each
&n On his several ways, forgetting that
H. SEVERAL WAYS are passing away pass
6alNway .-,,, - .on-
II Is all well enough for you to talk
E,ho,1t going your several wavs, You nave
|svarv facility for doing so, but with me III
H. diff rent Several years ago a large
cyclone and myself tried to
|nass each other on the same track. When
|tho wrecking crew FOUND me l was In the
|crotch Of A butternut tree, with broken
|hog Since that time | have walked with
treat difficulty. and to 90 my several
|wavs has been O very serious matter with
|me -
Butt do not want you to think that am
|murmuring. | accept my doom calmly
wet with slight tiDge OF unaValllnE re-
|gret.
dark and angry night, when tue cold
blasts wall through the telegraph wires
and the crashing sleet rushes with wild
and impetuous Jury against the windows
|of YOUR special car, as you lie warmly
|epscOnced in your voluptuous berth and
hear the pitiless winds with hOarse and
|croupV means chase each other around
1.-The Kansas haystacks or shrek wildly
away as they liz bit out tor their cheerless
home in the Bad Lands, will you not
Think OF me as | grope on blindly through
the keen and pitiless blasts, stumbling
lover cattle-guards, falling into culverts
land beating out my rare young brains
|a gainst your rough right OF way, Will !
YOU not think of mep l do not ask much
|Of YOU, but do ask this as we separate
Forever.
As you whiz by me do not treat me with |
|contumely, or throw crackers at me |
when | have meeky turned out to let |
your naughty old train go by. | have al |
WAYS spoken of you in the highest terms, /
and hope you will do the same by me.
Life is short at the best, and it is es- |
pecally so for those WHO have to walk. |
Waking has already shortened my life a |
great deal, and wouldn't be surprised if |
the exposure and bunlOns OF 1887 carried |
me OF, leaving zap in American litera-
ture tnat will look like new cellar.
should any Of your engineers or track
men nnd me frozen in cut next winter, |
when The grass gets short and the nights |
get long, Will you kindly ask them to re-
port the brand 10 your auditor and in |
struct him to allow my family what he |
thinks would be right? hate to write t. |
you In TINS detected manner, but you can |
not understand how heavy my heart is to-
oay as pen these lines.
1 WISH you ard your beautiful road I'M |
mltlgated success. 1t is good road, for |
l nave passed over it and enjoyed it. How !
the country will look TO me as [ !
90 oouhulng from tie to tie, slowly re- |
peS.ius 10 myseh the triIe remark once |,
p ade by the Governor OF North [ carolina |
70 the Executive Of South Cardinal
nope You may never know what it is |
70 pun INTO the quaint little city of La
Iunta Win the dust of.manV mile upon |
you ana The thirst of a long, uneventful |
uuraey IN your throat. hope that Con. |
sIgss Will not pass law next year which |
WI make IL felony for railroad man !
% say gosh without a permit. | hone |
na' your lie Will he chuck tull of hurrah !
ma halleiuJah, even If mine should he !
Always bleak and jOyless.
Nan 40 your road any good, either at
lone Or aor02dg Can | be OF service to
,ou over your right Of way, by collecting
iuts, bolts, old iron or other 6ric.a-bracp |
would he glad to influence Immigration
u pun weeds between the tracks if Won
,lOye. -e 40 al GIN
l VIII now take a last look a. the fair.
oung features of your pass before inaIty
ealing this letter. How sad TO sec an
nnuai pass cut down in life's Young
morning ere one.lourth of its race has
brewer! W. paw "'hi IL
what sad year this has been so far,
- s,. .nq uaKes, hres. storms, railway dis.
,oS and dealh in every form have Wis.
. I our country, and now, like the hitting
.osls from Siberia, or the nlpping frrs,s
On Manitoba, comes the CONGREGATIONAL
worm, cutting of the early crop OF
= 2I S,adI : ANIMALS just as they had budded
oloom into beauty and usefuInessi
! VIII now close this sad letter 10 yo |
yer INTO the vacant lot, behind the mgh !
' Ualu renee where can sob in an uniet.
eCu way without shaking the glass out
my easement. 0"'
iouTs, with crOckful nj ursba, .o,,< |